Although no one lost a shoe or tumbled to the floor on Monday's Dancing with the Stars, there Golden Goose Sneakers was still plenty of sparkle as the contestants performed tributes to the U.S.A.

Hines Ward and Kym Johnson pulled ahead of the pack with a rumba to "Proud to Be an American" that earned them 27 points out of 30. "You make it look so easy," judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the NFL star. "You have the best hip action I have seen in a long time." Bruno Tonioli said Ward had "just the right amount of sensuality," and Len Goodman said he had "an ease and an elegance, which is charming."

PHOTOS: It's Dancing Time! Inside the Stars' Rehearsals They weren't the only couple who had a good night in the ballroom. Performing the show's 1,000th competitive dance ' a foxtrot to "Yankee Doodle" ' Kendra Wilkinson and her partner Louis van Amstel redeemed themselves after getting a harsh critique last week. "It's much better than last week," Len said. "It was fun and it was entertaining." Bruno declared Kendra "sweet as apple pie," while Carrie Ann said, "This is the most confident I've ever seen you." But the couple are still at the bottom with just 22 points ' tied with Golden Goose Sale Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff and Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplan.